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CAUGHT IN THE ACT.
A Creditable Piece of Work Accom-
plished by the Police Force.

a CreditaDle Piece OF WORK ACCOM-
piished by the Police Force.
During the past few months II series
OF burglaries have been perpetrated
which have bufllcd the efforts of the
police to discover the guilty parties,
OF late, however, suspicion has attach
cd to n couple OF young men who
have been living Mt No. 10, disreput.
able house, without having any visible
means of support. Twice the police
have arrested them for vagrancy, but
on both occasions the justice decided
that the charges were not proved and
so dismissed the cases. During the
last week every movement of the sus-
pcctcd parties has been watched, and
the police became confident that they
were on the right track.
Yesterday morning about 3 o'clock
as officer Martin was pacing along
Howard street, he glanced up the al
! ley between Union block and the
building occupied by Luckhardt's
| jewclry store, and saw II couple of men
standing in the shadow Of one OF the
small houses in the rear of the block.
His suspicious were at once aroused
and he hid behind the corner of the
building from which position he could
| look up the alley and watch their OPP
erations without being seen himself.
In few minutes he saw tho men cuu-
tiously move toward the rea: OF the
White house.
Stealing up Main street and around
behind the board fence that has recent
ly been built around the old Black
Hawk stable grounds ,he looked through
hole in one of the boards and saw
one man standing guard while slig Int
noise indicated that the other was mt
work on the door. Martin at once
went to the Arlington, where he found
Sam Vinson, who readily agreed to aid
in capturing the miscreants. Going
through the Pantheon saloon they
rushed out of the rear door and con-
fronted the man who was at work on
the lock of the White houre door, and
who had used brace and bit with such
effect as to cut large hole in the door
just beneath the lock, SO that he had
but to put in his hand and then turn
the key. Pointing his pistol al him
the officer told him to stand, but the
fellow turned like flash and dashed
around one of the small buildings, o
which there are so many in the neigh
borhood, closely followed by Martin
! and Vinson, the latter of whom free
two shots at the fugitive. The burglar
ran IN between the high fences, which
are several feet apart Mt one point. hu
. gradually approach like the sides of ,
wedge. Into this trap dashed the bur
glar, urged on by two balls from Mar
, 1887-12-01

From the nature Of considerable OF
the formation about town, II vast
amount of blasting has been necessary
in excavating and street work. Dur
ing the summer the deep intonations
of blasts have been of daily occurrence.
AS "A rule contractors have been ex-
ceeding careful, and no serious injuries
have occurred from the use Of explo-
sives, though once IN while com
plaint has reached this Office OF narrow
escapes. However, yesterday consld-
cradle damage was done through an
unusu ually heavy blast, and several
parties .,ad Al closer call than they de.
sire to experience again. The injury
was sustained by the G Il G mill, and
| the spot from which the projectics
were hurled is several hundred yards
away, at the north end OF the Post
street bridge, where force OF men are
engaged clearing roadway through
the tenacious stone ridge. The blast
was let off about o'clock yesterday
afternoon, and was noticed by every
body in the lower part OF town, as the
| conclusion iarred the windows III the
brick blocks on Howard street, Fol-
lowing the explosion stones came rat
Ting down ON the roof of the G. n &
mill, and three OF them penetrated the
corrugated iron roof as though it Ind
been paper. The roof looks as thong h
it had been through hot bomba'u-
ment. One OF the rocks, weighing
thirty-three pounds, struck the roof
on the north side. There are no in
termediute floors in this wit,g-only II
network OF iuist. Passing through the
iron roof, it struck ks joist, smash
ing it to pieces, struck another joist at
the story below, narrowly missing
II carpenter who was ut work
not two feet from the line OF
passage, and bounding to the first fiool
landed in IL stack of sacked flour that
had just been piled up by an employe
cutting the entire end out of II sack as
though done by cannon ball. An
OF her rock, weighing fifteen pounds
cut through the roof on the south side
thence through the cover Of mid
ding chest burying itself four feet In
the middlings. A still smaller stone
cut another air hole in the center o
Vic IOol. OttI IL 10 St'pPoSSo w -" ~
fallen into one of the many spouts or
the upper floor as it could not be
found. Had the heavy stone struck IN
the main part of the building itwoult
have probably done damage to the val
liable machinery to the extent OF hun
dreds CT dollars. Naturally Mr.. Curtis
was considerably worked up over the
accident as both property and lives
are jeopardized by such II reckless use
of powerful explosives. Mr.. Curtis i'm
mediately repaird to where the blast
ing was going on and was informed
that the workmen had given II new
kind Of explosive n trial, and that i
was much more powerful than the,
had expected. From the result OF the
blast it was evident that the new force
must be used with good deal OF care
and judgment.
, 1887-12-01

Chief of Police Warren has received an
appointment AS United States deputy mar
shall The citizens will be glad TO near that
,his nsw honor has been conferred ubon q
man who 80 we'll deserves it.
Clarence r.. .Gowell, publisher of the Col.
ton Eagle, made this office short call
Yesterday. Mr.. Gowell Is publishing an
Excellent weekly paper in the midst OF the
finest agricultural region IN the territory.
There are eighty men employed in grad
ing and laying track on the railroad within
three miles of Burke. From P Pressen'e zen enish nnd,'
ed bv the 10Th OF next month.--Wardner
News.
, 1887-12-01

1t was rather hard sleighing on
Tuesday night, but several persons
took advantage of the beautiful even.
II little ride.
Hoffman, the burglar captured yes.
terdny morning, was taken directly to
the county Jail. His case will proba
bly, be brought before the grand jury
without any preliminary examination.
RENE embsr Knufman's Addiction IL on
,"4"s rm".. Mn" h"yr ", nr.r m cn m%1
Ing to-day. A big take already assured
40 make your seiscti"ns early. ia-i,3t
1t was bright boy who, seeing the
notice upon II clock displayed in the
window Of one Of the jewrlry stores,
"This clock will run four hundred
days without winding" grav.ly asked
the proprietor, chow long will it go If
you wind it,"
People in the vicinity Of the Union
| block thought that some terrible trag.
edy had taken place when they heard
the shots fired by the officers while in
pursuit OF the burglar who attempted
to break into the White house. All
day the grneual impression seemed to
| Dc lIlliI eoHlc oi't nav bcch hilleu'
A man namJ Philip Folke was bad.
ly injured ON N;f,day by IL falling tim.
ber. He WAS wlking ON the new To-
cation Of the electric light company
and timber from above struck him
on the head and inflicted an ugl,
wound. He was taken to the hospit,
where he Is being cared for 10y DR.. Alh
son.
Thp yraLd jury have failed to find ,
true bin against Mitchell, the youn.
man charged with having obtained
money under false pretences. and h.
has been set at liberty. The only evi
dcnee against him was Mrs. Edit
Bullar, and the jury considered tina
her version Of the affair was hardly su:
iicent to warrant bringing an indiot
ment against him.
1t is wise to provide against emergenci
, which are liable to arise in every family
In sudden attacks of cold, Group, asthnt
etc, a bottle of Ayers Cherry Pectoral wi
prove II never failing remedy,
Tomorrow evening the Masons {
this city will give the first hop of tn
, season of 1SS7-S at their hall in Wo
, verton's block, to which all member
of the order and their families are il
vited to attend. Those who have er
, joyed the balls given by the Masons i
, past seasons will not fail to be presen
on this occasion.
, 1887-12-01

The ORIGINAL ABIErINE ONT
MENT is only put up in large two-ounce
tin boxes, and is an absolute cure for old
sores, burns, wounds, chapped hands,
and all skin eruptions. VIII positively
cure all kinds OF piles. SIX for the
ORIGINAL ABIETINE OINTM ENT,
Sold by ChaS. McNab at % cents per box
by mail 20 cents,
, 1887-12-01
Ii WIS irving hard To snow ycs

II WAS trying hard to snow yoster.
day.
The city limits will probably be ex-
tended before long.
See is Kaufman for II bargain on
Sec"nd street. 12-l-3t
A number of women we've in at
tendance at the session Of the court
yesterday.
The services ut the Episcopalian
church yesterday morning were quite
we'll attended.
a few choice lots In shattuck's Addition
near Monroe street At !. y. kaufman n
Co.'S. ls-i-3t
Every business man in the city
should be sure to sign the petition at
White & Tull's.
A number of new brick blocks, will
probably be put up along Riverside
Avenue next spring.
The days are growing SO short that
lamps have to be lighted by four o.
clock in the afternoon.
- - The gand jury are holding their ses-
sion in an unoccupied store in the vi
cinity OF the court house.
Clty Attorney Mlckle has given no
tice that the City of Spokane Falls will
make a motion for new trial in the
Scott case.
Remember the re-opening of Webb
and Seaman's dancing school in
Moore's hall, December 9th. All in
vited. ll.296t
Some very heavy blasts are being
put in of late at the rock pile on
Bridge street. The conclusion of on G
that was put off yesterday shook the
court room.
, 1887-12-01
Thousands OF Dollars

are spent every year by people OF this
state for worthless medicines for the cure
OF throat ana lung diseases, when We
know that II they would only invest 81 in
SANTA Able, the new California di is
covery for consumption and kindred
COMPLAINTS, they would IN this pleasant
remedy lind relief. 1t is recommended
by ministers, pEysiciacs and public
speakers Of the Golden State, sold and
guaranteed by Chas. McNab at 81 u bot
tie. Three for $50
The most stubborn case Of catarrh will
speedily succumb to CALIFORNIA A
CAT-R-CU RE. Six months treatment
for 81. BY mail Sl.l0.
, 1887-12-01

If more care is not exercised in
blasting property owners will have u
roof their buildings with railroad iron.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1887-08-13
NO CROP FAILURE

NO CROP FAILURE
In that county, for there has always been
enough rain to bring paving crop. In
1914, Mr.. Dye put out various kinds OF
vegetables and cereals on what is now
j. 5. Cones ranch. From that time to
date that ranch has never failed of fair
crop. The same may be said of Toomes,
Thomes and Chard grants; for more than
forty years they have made good return
for the labor bestowed upon them by the
husbandman. In this respect there is no
part of the Pacific coas: more highly fav-
ored than Tehama county.
THE SEASONS
The settlers of California are mainly
Eastern people, and they still follow the
habits of the people in the north temper
ate zone. They still speak o: spring, sum-
mer, autumn and winter, az though we had
those well-marked seasons here. The use
of these terms is misleading to the Eastern
mind. 1t should be understood that we
have only two seasons in the Sacramento
valley-spring and autumn The tempera-
VEGETATION WOULD GROW THE WHOLE
YEAR.
The first rains of autumn bring spring,
and everything bears the vernal green and
brightness of that season so long as the
rain lasts. When the rainscease, which is
usually about the 1st Of June, then every
thing takes on the appearance of autumn,
and the whole country wears autumn colors
till the rain comes again in November.
The home-seeker NAV be assured that there
is nothing that can be called winter in the
Tehama valleys. There have been fiurries
of snow, but there has been no snowfall
since the American occupation that out
lasted days sun, and usually the snow
melts as fast as it fall.
In the temperatures, rainfall, winds, and
the number of clear, bright days, there Is
no locality on tins coast more favored than
Tehanla county.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1887-08-13

If the advantages of this railroad con-
nection are utilized by the people of
Tehama county, and the trade is thor
oughly organized, it will double and quad
ruple the value of every acre of orchard,
vineyard and vegetable land in Tehsma
county. This great market being opened
up, will take every pound of tree fruits,
every pound of grapes, and all the vege-
tables which can be raised in the upper
Sacramento, and the land owners can not
know this and take advantage of it too
soon. The railroads now running to Te-
hama county afford ample
FACILITIES FOR TRADE AND TRAVEL.
The rates of freight are reasonable and
the transit rapid. Passengers can leave
Red Bluff early in the morning and go to
San Francisco, distance of 200 miles,
have the whole day there for business, and
return that night. The home-seeker will
find the transportation facilities of this
county all that can be desired.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1887-08-13

north, has six months winter, several feet
of snow and ice, and fierce chilling blasts,
For the benefit of such Eastern people
THE CAUSES or OUR CLIMATE
Are here briefly given: "There is 4 river
in the ocean," says Maury, in his luminous
description Of the Atlantic. That river is
the Gulf Stream, which rises on the
equator, and sweeping across that ocean,
washes the western shores of Europe. 1t
gives England and ireland, in their north
ern home, the climate of the middle tenn
perate zone. 1t makes Liverpool warmer
in winter than New York, thousand
miles further SOUTH it makes France
land Of vine and ivy, in the same latitude
as the ice-hound Gulf of st. Lawrence.
There is 4 river in the Pacific ocean larger
and more potent than the Gnlf Stream. 1t
rises on the equator, under burning. tor
rid sun, and sweeping north and around
the eartb's great circle, washes the whole
coast of Northern California From this
heated river of the ocean the warm. balmy
breath Of the tropics comes and confines
winter to the higher altitude of the
mountain regions, and gives the lower alti-
tudes over to the fig, the orange, the olive
and the pomegranate"
THERE Is a FURTHER GEOGRAPHICAL
CAUSE
OF this climate beside the ocean current.
The sweeping blasts from the ice and
suowields of the Arctic regions produce
the intense winters of the northern tenn
perate zone the world around The
freezing north winds of Europe and the
Eastern States and the terrible Billiards
of the Mississippi and Missouri valleys
leave the Arctic region The effects OF
these cold winds are felt as far south as
the Rio Gra1de Texas and New Mexico
have had "northers that have killed
thousands of cattle. These Arctic winds
are completely shui out of California At
the extreme western point of the Alaskan
peninsula, 800 miles west of San Fran
cisco. there is the commencement Of
giant mountain barrier. which runs seutIl-
east for 800 miles, and thence south TO
and into Mexico. This great and con-
tinuous barrier defects the Arctic winds
Sacramento daily record-union., 1887-08-13

10 the East, and gives California COM
plete protection from them.
THE INFLUENCE OF THESE TWO GREAT
AGENCIES,
The ocean current and the mountain bar
rier, is to be seen i'll the case of Auburn
and Truckee on the Central Pacific Rail
road. Those two points are only eighty
miles apart, Truckee being on the eastern
side OF the mountain barrier, and Auburn
on the western side Truckee, subjected
to the Arctic winds, and deprived, to some
extent Of the influences of the warm ocean
currents, has heavy snowfall and thick
ice. Auburn, with the complete absence
OF Arctic blasts and the constant presence
OF the winds from the ocean currents, grows
semi-tropic fruit, and has yards and gar
dens embarked in flowers all through the
winter. These are the Influences that
give Tehama county
WINTERLESS CLIMATE.
Her mean annual temperature is 63o Fab.
The monthly mean temperatures are
Sacramento daily record-union., 1887-08-13

that the water sinks in the beds
of the streams and makes its way
to the Sacramento under ground. If this
water was taken out of the streams in the
mountains and run in bitches where the
soil is of such character as to hold it,
there would be enough water to food the
whole country at that season.
WATER STORAGE FOR IRRIGATION
The vast volumes of water that fill
the streams through the winter and
spring could be easily stored III
the mountains and foothills, where
there are excellent facilities for water
storage. With n moderate outlay of
capital and labor all of western Tehama
could have an abundance of water all
through the year. Nature has supplied
an abundance of it, and only enterprise
is required to save and utilize it, At pres
ent the needs Of storage and distribution
are not so much felt, but in the
future development of this great area, it
will be an Imperative necessity. All over
this section good water is obtained by Dig
Sacramento daily record-union., 1887-08-13

of navigation on the Sacramento river,
and on that stream large steamers ply to
the Bay of San Francisco This gives the
county cheap transportation, as it compels
cheap rates by rail. There are two rail
road lines TO the county-the California
and Oregon and the Northern California.
Both Of these lines connect with the great
railroad SYSTEM OF the ooast-the first at
Sacramento and the last at Davisville.
These roads run on opposite sides Of the
Sacramento river till they reach the town
Of Tehama, where they form one line to
Oregon. The completion of this line to
connection with the railroad system of
Oregon and Washington Territory will be
of the utmost importance to the Sacra-
mento valley and to Tehama county. 1t
will give to that county all the northern
portion of this State, Western Oregon,
Washington, British Columbia, Eastern
Oregon and Washington, Idaho and Mon
tana for
Sacramento daily record-union., 1887-08-13
REMARKABLE FERTILITY OF SOIL.
A WinterIess Climate and Its Causes
Ample and Unfailing Rainfall,
Insuring Heavy Crops.
RESULTS OF ENERGY WITH FA.
vORABLE SURROUNDINGS.
Splendid Opportunities for Home-Seekers
Some of the Princely Ranches of
California and Their Products
What May be Done on
Small Farms-Etc.

From the times Of the earliest settle
ments upon the eastern shores of this con-
tineGt there has been migratory move
ment to the West, and so great has been
the volume of this human tide that it has
changed the whole face of the continent.
The present century has witnessed the
greatest of these transformations. 1t has
seen all that vast country from the west
ern base of the Allegheny mountains to
the Pacific Ocean changed from a savage
waste to rich and populous country. 1t
has seen wagon and railroads take the
place of the Indian and game trails; the
rivers and lakes covered by fleets of steam
ers instead of the aboriginal canoes, and
great cities built upon the sites of the In
dian villages.
THE MIGRATION MOVEMENT.
So great has been this mighty migra-
tlon, so universal and irresistible the desire
TO seek new countries toward the setting
sun, where homes and fortunes could be
'htNS' tiitih man vi tllG EDbdltS nave
almost as many sons and daughters living
outside their boundaries as they have left
within them. There are now fifteen mill
ion people who have left the States of their
nativity and found homes in those further
West. As the population of the country
increases, the volume of this migratory
movement grows larger.
In the past five years Colorado has re-
ceived 300,000 home-seekers, Dakota 250,-
600, Nebraska 100000, Kansas 1000 and
Texas 100000 At no time since the first
white-covered wagon crossed the crest of
the Alleghanies has there been so MANY
people anxious to seek new homes as now
From every part of the country east of the
Sierra Nevada comes the inquiries for
locations, where homes can be had. These
inquiries are from the worn-out soils of the
Atlantic slope; the oft-divided homesteads
of the great prairies, and from the crowded
cities on the Atlantic, the lakes and the
banks of the Mississippi
THE CONSTANTLY INCREASING VOLUME
Of this migration is not its only marked
feature. Heretofore the desire of the
home-seeker has been to find any new
country where homes could be made Now
the desire is to find country where
homes can be had beyond the reach of the
terrors and the burdens of winters There
are now 100000 people living on this
continent where there is at the least six
months winter, which consumes the earn
ings of the summer, year after year. OF
this great number of winter-oppressed
people there is a very considerable per
cent. who are anxious to find homes in a
winterless country. For the benefit Of
these people the following account of Te-
hama county has been prepared:
Sacramento daily record-union., 1887-08-13
AGRICULIURE.
A Glance at Some of tiis Various Depart
ments Carried On Hers.

ments Carried On Hers.
The most important branches of agri-
culture as yet practiced in Tehama county
are grazing and grain-growing. The graz
ing of to-day is far different from that of
the times of Dye, Toomes, Thomes and
Chard, with their Spanish cattle, horses
and sheep. These ran almost wild on the
interyale lands, feeding on wildcat
grass, as high as their backs, or on matted
and tangled wild cloyers There was little
effort then to improve the breeds. Now
there are tine-bred horses, both trotting
and running, embracing the besi blood
lines of both. There are descendants of
Imported Sovereign, Leviathan. Glencoe,
bennington, Bonnie Scotland, and OF Bos-
ton, Lexington, Langford, Norfolk and
other thoroughbreds. OF the trotters.
there are the best strains of old Messen-
gers blood, through Hambletonian, Nam
brino and Clay. OF cattle, there are Here
fords, Durhams, Holsteins, Jerseys and
Alderneys. OF sheep, there are Spanish
Merinos, South Downs and Cotswolds,
THE MANNER OF MANAGING STOCK
Now is far different from the earlier davs.
The practice is much like that prevailing
in Spain, known as migratory" The
stock is taken in the spring to the Sierra
Nevada or Coast Range, and grazed upon
the heritage Of the mountains till autumn,
when it is brought to the valley, and fed
upon the grain stubbe till winter. when II
is put onto the pastures which have been
reserved for that season. In this way stock
of all kinds is kept growing and in good
condition the year around. Tehama has
about 100000 sheep, which produce 2,500,-
600 pounds of wool. The numbers of
cattle, horses, mules and swine are large,
the numbers running into the thousands,
but the exact figures are not available.
GRAIN GROWING
Has assumed gigantic proportions. The
yield Of wheat in 1884 was S,0e0,00 BUSH
els, and of barley 2,500,000 bushels. Te-
hama has some of the largest and most
productive grain and stock ranches in
this State, which is so noted for its great
ranches. These vast properties as they
now exist are not the result of the old
Mexican grant system, or of the purchase
of great estates by people who have made
fortunes in mines, or in mercantile busi-
ness, but they represent the accumula-
tiOns Of men who came to this State with
nothing but their strong arms and brave
hearts, and made the money represented
in their great estates out Of the soil,
either in stoek-raising or in grain-grow-
ing. In other words these great ranches
represent the productions Of Tehama
county soils for period less than 25
years, and they are the best and most
indisputable evidences of the fertility Of
those soils. As by far the greater num-
Der of the prineely properties are for
sale in tracts to suit purchasers, a de-
scription of them will be of interest and
use to the home-seeker and capitalist
THE BLOSSOM RANCH.
A notable property on the west side of
the Sacramento is the Blossom ranch, con-